Educational Leadership and Management

Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-0-335-23931-3
Verlag: Open University Press

Buch, Englisch

This book integrates theory with practice by presenting a real life scenario in each chapter to illustrate insights and skills needed by leaders in education in an increasingly diverse society. It draws on literature and examples from both the UK and international sources, taking a stance on equity and offering a fresh look at what it means to be a leader in education today. The book will be of interest to both practitioners and students of educational leadership and management with an interest in values of social justice and equity.

Special features of the book are:

- It brings together theory and practice on aspects of educational leadership and management;

- Each chapter includes an illustrative scenario drawn from real life situations;

- It encourages reflection;

- Leadership is generally understood to be distributed;

- An ethical stance is promoted based on values of social justice and equity;

- There is a focus on cultural diversity;

- The authors draw on their own research.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Coleman, Marianne

Glover, Derek

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Schulleitung, Schulentwicklung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Leading and managing for diversity and social justice

Leading with values

Communication

Decision making and the management of conflict

Motivation and delegation

Performance management

Working with and through teams

Meetings

Managing time and stress

Developing understanding of emotion and leadership

Personal and institutional development

Über Autor(innen)

Marianne Coleman is Reader in Educational Leadership and Management at the Institute of Education, University of London and has extensive experience in a range of educational settings. She has a particular interest in gender and diversity issues and has researched widely in these and other areas related to educational leadership and management in England and elsewhere.

Derek Glover was a secondary head for twenty years at Burford in Oxfordshire, moved into higher education in 1990 and has since been involved with education leadership and management teaching and research at Keele University where he is honorary professor, and at the Institute of Education, London and Leicester, Lincoln and Warwick Universities as a research associate. His particular interests are in resource management and organisational development.